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The 1977 model year was the final one for the plus-size Monte Carlo, which would switch from the GM A-body platform to the G-body platform for 1978. Chevrolet built 411,038 examples of its personal luxury coupe in the final year of second-generation production, but most have long since gone on a one-way trip to the scrapyard. This low-mileage 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, for sale on Hemmings.com, appears to be one of the better examples remaining, with the seller (the car’s second owner) stating that just 29,582 miles have passed beneath the Monte’s 15-inch ... Read more

Some of the acting's a little gee-whiz, and the dubbing is way off, but Wishes on Wheels, a 26-minute journey through the mid-Fifties Plymouth assembly line process, includes plenty of excellent color footage of the Savoy assembly line from bare frame to finished car. So seamless makes you wonder why we need robots to do half the jobs seen here nowadays.
* Our pal Steve Donohoe sent along this quick vid of the recent Amphicar Swim-In from Port Clinton, Ohio, to the Lake Erie islands. Looks like fun.
* Finally, thanks to Dan Roth for forwarding "The Art of the... Read more

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It certainly makes sense to convert old mail trucks into ice cream trucks - neither has to move fast, but they do have to keep running and moving all day long; they both have to haul their own particular loads; and they both were designed to navigate suburban and city streets. Which is why, come to think of it, we're surprised we don't see more old mail Jeeps like this 1966 Jeep FJ-6 for sale on Hemmings.com refurbished and converted into ice cream trucks. From the seller's description:
One of a kind ice cream truck! This 1966 Jeep FJ6-A has been converted to an ... Read more

Don Orosco's re-creation of one of the three Scarab Formula 1 cars is certainly impressive, but the restoration of the Bartoletti-bodied Fiat transporter that hauled the cars is monumental. Fortunately, Don took plenty of pictures of that process and posted them to his site.
* With the Pininfarina X, the Gordon Diamond and a handful of others mentioned in passing, we thought we'd cataloged all the known diamond-layout cars built, but leave it to Michael Banovsky at BCOTD to come up with another, the 1974 Michelotti Lem, an electric city car.
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Martin Brundle, with his "Ultimate" F1 Scalextric layout. Photo by Chris Lobina for Sky Sports, courtesy of Classic Car Auctions.
Over his Formula One career, British driver Martin Brundle started 158 races over 13 seasons. That makes him well qualified to pick the best corners from each track, something he's done for slot car manufacturer Scalextric and Sky Sports. Next month, Brundle's "Ultimate" track will be heading to auction for charity, giving one lucky bidder the opportunity to acquire the world's most impressive 1/32 scale layout.
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If you can get your hands on a copy of the entry list for the 1952 La Carrera Panamericana, then you're a leg up on everybody else in identifying that year's race entrants in this photo from Ciudad Juarez that we came across on Tumblr. But not every number is visible, so we'll still have to do some old-fashioned carspotting on the wide variety of cars here. What do you see... Read more

Slant sixes make for perfectly serviceable engines in pretty much any Mopar product of the Sixties and Seventies, but to give them a performance edge, it takes a lighter car - something like this 1968 Plymouth Barracuda convertible for sale on Hemmings.com - and a few hop-up parts, such as the Clifford intake and headers seen here. It might not set any speed records, but with the four-speed it should make for an entertaining drive. From the seller's description:
Clifford reproduction of the 1962 Chrysler's HyperPak Six: Slant Six, four barrel on long intake, twin ... Read more

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